iKiss

"But um... before we start our meatball war, I wanna say something. On the last iCarly... I told you guys that Freddie never kissed anyone ...and that was really personal and I shouldn't have said it on the show. And for all you people out there who's been teasing Freddie about it, lay off! 'Cause I bet a whole lot of you haven't kissed anyone either... including me. Yeah. That's right, I've never kissed anyone. So if you want to tease someone about it, tease me. Which is a bad idea unless if you live near a hospital!"
— Sam to the viewers of iCarly.

iKiss is the tenth episode of the second season of iCarly and the 35th episode overall. The episode originally aired on January 3rd, 2009. This was the first iCarly episode to reach #1 on the iTunes TV Shows chart.

The kiss between Sam and Freddie in this episode serves as the setup for the season three episode, iThink They Kissed, when Sam, who was getting a broken tooth removed, accidentally tells Carly about the kiss while disoriented by nitrous oxide. Sam and Freddie also kissed for a second time in iOMG, revealing that Sam is in love with him. It lead to an episode called iLost My Mind, in which Sam and Freddie start to date. Although, it is unknown for certain if either of them had these feelings in iKiss, or even in iThink They Kissed.

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Plot

Taking revenge after Sam puts a dead fish in his locker, Freddie handcuffs her to Gibby, and a highly aggravated Sam vows to seek revenge against him for this. Later, she and Carly return from seeing "The First Kiss" (an apparently lame teen movie; a parody of She's All That) at the movies. This leads to a discussion regarding when Carly, Sam and

Sam overhears Freddie tell his secret to Carly.

Freddie each had their first kisses, and this becomes a catalyst for a sketch on iCarly called, "Kelly Cooper: Terrible Movie." After Sam leaves Carly's apartment to buy some food, she turns back to borrow money from them and ends up overhearing Freddie make a confession to Carly that he has never had his first "real" kiss, disregarding his kiss with his former girlfriend, Valerie, (from

Sam and Freddie about to kiss.

"iWill Date Freddie"), which was only "for half a second at school with a bunch of other kids hanging around". To get back at Freddie, Sam unexpectedly blurts out his secret on iCarly, resulting in Freddie feeling completely devastated.

The following day, Freddie is mocked at school about this by everyone from the youngest kids to even a teacher, as he had expected to be. Carly insists on dragging him to school despite his expectations, until she sees the reaction of her peers herself. Freddie then decides to leave school as soon as he can. For the week that followed, he continued to skip school, refused to talk to anyone, and missed both of his iCarly rehearsals. Carly makes Sam feel guilty about this, so a very regretful Sam exposes the same secret about herself (the fact that she never kissed anyone) live on their web show, even going as far as threatening the audience if they ever tease him or her again. She later goes and apologizes to Freddie. After her apology, both of them still feel sad about never kissing anyone. They end up kissing each other "just to get it over with", and they promise never to tell anyone about it, not even Carly.

Trivia/Goofs

The episode was part of a brand new iCarly special on Nickelodeon. It aired as part of the "Kisses and Misses Night" at 8 p.m., followed by the True Jackson VP episode "The Prototype."

Carly says Freddie dated Valerie "last year", which would've been 2008, even though iDate Freddie aired in 2007. Carly's statement would only be true if iDate Freddie took place in 2008 instead of 2007, or if iKiss took place in 2008 instead of 2009.

This is the episode where Sam and Freddie share their first kiss together. The next is in iOMG.

Spencer's hair is long in this episode and every episode after this, until iGot a Hot Room, when he gets a haircut.

Carly reveals in this episode that Gibby has a therapist.

This is one of the very few episodes in which Spencer is interested in something other than making sculptures.

Freddie's ex-girlfriend, Valerie, from "iWill Date Freddie," is mentioned in this episode.

It is discovered that up until this point, neither Sam nor Freddie have ever kissed anyone.

During the scene where Sam and Freddie are on the fire escape, the song playing in the background is 'Running Away' by AM, which has lyrics that fit the moment.

Sam says Freddie never kissed a girl when in reality, he did technically "kiss" Valerie but didn't count it as a true first kiss when talking to Carly, even though it was on the lips. Freddie also mentions that he doesn't think it counts.

This was the first iCarly episode to reach #1 downloaded video on iTunes.

The foot was voiced by Dan Schneider.

This episode had major hints that Seddie might happen in the future, along with iOMG.

This is the first episode to air in 2009.

This is the first time Nathan and Jennette have had an on-screen kiss thus far for iCarly. The first as Sam and Freddie in iKiss, the second as Freddie and Melanie in iTwins. They've also had to kiss twice for iOMG as Sam and Freddie, where Dan revealed they shot the kiss two different ways. Then, the one after that in this episode and following twice in iDate Sam & Freddie, twice for iCan't Take It, and three times in iLove You - not counting practice kisses or do-overs. It is also the first kiss for Sam and Freddie.

When Carly says her first kiss was Ben Huebscher, this is a reference to the screen producer of iCarly, Ben Huebscher. His last name is later referenced in iStart a Fanwar (Spencer's alter-ego, Aruthor, is "Defender of the Hoobscher Fyords").

When Sam states her first kiss is "Buddy Hinton at a Cuddlefish Concert" the writers (or Dan Schneider) could be referring to Buddy Hinton, the boy that made fun of Cindy's lisp on the Brady Bunch. Dan Schneider is a fan of the Brady Bunch, spoofing them in skits (When the Brady Bunch Attacks, in the background of BlockBlister) in the Amanda Show. (The original Buddy Hinton is shown in the episode: A Fistful of Reasons)

Carly is the first out of the trio to have a first ("real") kiss.

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Quotes

Carly: You handcuffed her to Gibby?!Freddie: She put a dead fish in my locker!Sam: Gibby's WAY worse than a dead fish!Gibby: My mom thinks I'm awesome!

[Gibby screams and runs away after being handcuffed to Sam for an extended period of time]Carly: Like Gibby's therapist didn't have enough to deal with!Freddie: [Sam grabs Freddie by the collar with a fierce look in her eyes] Come on, you put a dead fish in my locker, and I handcuffed you to Gibby, now we're even!Carly: [nervously] Yay, who wants lemonade?Sam: I don't play to get even. [jerks Freddie towards her] Mama plays to win. [Sam releases Freddie] I'm gonna get you. Maybe not today... Maybe not tomorrow... But I'm gonna get you...Freddie: I'm not scared...Sam: Really? [She leaves][Freddie grabs a bowl from the kitchen]Carly: Are you gonna throw up in it?Freddie: Uh huh.

Sam: Whatever. All I know is, now I can't stop thinking about potato salad! [gets up to leave] Does that little market across the street stay open late?Carly: Yeah, 'till ten.Sam: Does that skeevy guy still hang around out front?Carly: Yep.Sam:[grabs Freddie's baseball bat] I'll be back.

Carly: You are gonna start with building up some muscle.Spencer: I have muscles.Carly: Do you?Spencer: Yes.Carly: Then take off your shirt and jump up and down.Spencer: I don't wanna.Carly: Why not?Spencer: 'Cause I'll jiggle.

[On iCarly, a fake movie trailer is being shown that the teens filmed]Announcer: A comedy no one wants to see! Kelly Cooper: Terrible Movie![Carly, as Kelly, falls off stool and screams]Announcer: It's really bad!!!

Sam: [after Freddie shows himself to the audience] That was Freddie, who, last week, handcuffed me to a nerd. So, now, guess what?... [pause] Freddie's never kissed a girl. Never. Not once. I heard him say so myself and Carly's a witness. [pause] Okay, later. [walks away]Carly: [running after Sam] Sam! Sam! You just ruined Freddie's life![Freddie drops the camera he is holding, in shock]

Sam: Hey, sorry I'm late!Carly: [filling the bowl with meatballs without looking up] You're always late.Sam: So, it's cool the show doesn't start for 3 more minutes. Where's Fredwierd?Carly: Freddie's not coming.Sam: What? okay he stayed home from school all week he missed 2 iCarly rehearsals and now he's gonna miss the show? it's so unprofessional! [takes a bite out of a meatball and puts it back]Carly: You really hurt him. Everytime he leaves the house he gets teased cause you told the whole world he's kissed anyone. You know he won't even talk to his mom. He just sits on the fire escape alone 'cause he's too embarrassed to see anyone. [walkes over to Freddie's tech cart] You like ruined his whole life and you don't even care!
Sam: Alright I'll go apollogize.Carly: I doesn't even matter if you apologize. Kids are still gonna give him a hard time 'cause you can't take back what you said.Sam: Look I didn't m...Carly: [interrupts Sam] You went too far this time. And you can't fix it!. [phone beeps] We gotta start the show.Sam: [depressed] Well how can I do the show now that you made me feel all depressed?Carly: I dunno just get in front of the camera and do it. In 5,4,3,2...

[on iCarly]Carly: And now, what you've all been waiting for...Sam: Carly and I are about to have our very first...Carly and Sam: MEATBALL WAR!Sam: We have our slingshots...Carly: And a hundred meatballs!Sam: But um... before we start our meatball war, I wanna say something. On the last iCarly... I told you guys that Freddie never kissed anyone ...and that was really personal and I shouldn't have said it on the show. And for all you people out there who's been teasing Freddie about it, lay off! 'Cause I bet a whole lot of you haven't kissed anyone either... including me. Yeah. That's right, I've never kissed anyone. So if you want to tease someone about it, tease me. Which is a bad idea unless if you live near a hospital!Carly: Um, our meatball war will be happening soon, but for now, please enjoy this photo of a man with shrimp up his nose. [presses something on the laptop, picture appears on screen]

Freddie: (laughs)Sam: What?Freddie: Nothing, it's...Sam: Tell me!Freddie: No, it's dumb...Sam: Say it!Freddie: Okay. I was just gonna say--Sam: That we should kiss?Freddie: [looking down] You're going to break my arm now, right?Sam: No.Freddie: Well, should we? Just so both of us can get it over with?Sam: Hm... [sighs] Just to get it over with.Freddie: Just to get it over with.Sam: And you swear we go right back to hating each other as soon as it's over?Freddie: Oh, totally. And we'll never tell anyone.Sam: Never. [pause] Well, lean.[Freddie leans. They kiss for about 8 seconds]Freddie: Well that was um...Sam: Nice.Freddie: Yeah, nice.Sam: Good work.Freddie: Thank you. You too.[As Sam leaves]Freddie: [smiling] Hey, I hate you.Sam: Hate you too.

Group of Boys: Hey, Benson! [all make kissy noises at Freddie, then laugh and leave]